Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) soloed to victory on stage 4 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana after attacking on the final climb, the Cumbre del Sol (Puig de la Llorença), with 13km to go.
The win, Evenepoel’s fifth of seven race days with his new team, comes after the Belgian was denied a general classification benefit to his time trial stage victory due to high winds on Thursday.
João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) out-sprinted Evenepoel’s teammate Giulio Pellizzari for second on the stage, 24 seconds behind Evenepoel.
How it unfolded
The penultimate stage of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, 172 kilometres from La Nucía to Teulada Moraira, started with the popular Coll de Rates climb, topping out after 20 kilometres.
There were no Strava records on this day, as the race went up the opposite direction from the hotly contested segment. A breakaway of eight riders went clear in the first kilometres of the stage…
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